Nuclear

Media

Soft, ductile, silvery-white metal. Resistant to corrosion by moisture, air and most acids and alkalis at room temperature.

Uses

It is mixed with other metals to make very strong and durable alloys. Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is used as a catalyst, dye and color-fixer.

Sources

Found in the minerals patronite (VS4), vanadinite [Pb5(VO4)3Cl], and carnotite [K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O]. Pure metal produced by heating with C and Cl to produce VCl3 which is heated with Mg in Ar atmosphere.

Pronounciation (English)

veh-NAY-di-em

Translations

Afrikaans

Vanadium

Aragonese

Banadio

العربية

فناديوم

Armãneashte

Vanadiumu

asturianu

Vanadiu

azərbaycan dili

Vanadium

български

Ванадий

বাংলা

ভ্যানাডিয়াম

brezhoneg

Vanadiom

bosanski

Vanadij[um]

Byelorussian

Ванадый

Cebuano

Vanadyo

čeština

Vanad

Chuvash

Ванади

Cymraeg

Vanadi

dansk

Vanadium

Deutsch

Vanadium

Ελληνικά

Βαναdιο

English

Vanadium

esperanto

Vanadio

español

Vanadio

eesti

Vanaadium

euskara

Banadioa

فارسی

وانادیم

suomi

Vanadiini

føroyskt

Vanadium

français

Vanadium

furlan

Vanadi

West-Frysk

Vanadium

Gaeilge

Vanaidiam

Gàidhlig

Vanaidiam

galego

Vanadio

ગુજરાતી

વૅનેડિયમનો

Gaelg

Vanaadjum

Hakka Chinese

Fàm (釩)

עברית

ונדיום

हिन्दी

वनेडियम

hrvatski

Vanadij

magyar

Vanádium

հայերեն

Վանադիում

Indonesia

Vanadium

íslenska

Vanadín

italiano

Vanadio

日本語

バナジウム

ქართული

ვანდიუმი

کٲشُر

Wônôd

қазақ тілі

Ванадий

한국어

바나듐

Kurdish

Vanadyûm

Komi

Ванадий

kernewek

Vanadyum

кыргызча

Ванадий

Latin

Vanadium

Lëtzebuergesch

Vanadium

Lombard

Vanàdi

lingála

Vanadu

lietuvių

Vanadis

latviešu

Vanādijs

Mari

Ванадий

Maori

Vanadium

македонски

Ванадиум

മലയാളം

വനേഡിയം

монгол

Ванади

Мокшан

Ванади

Bahasa Melayu

Vanadium

Malti

Vanadju[m]

Nahuatl

Vanadio

Nederlands

Vanadium

norsk

Vanadium

Occitan

Vanadi

ирон

Ванадий

polski

Wanad

português

Vanádio

Runasimi

Wanadyu

română

Vanadiu

русский

Ванадий

slovenčina

Vanád

slovenščina

Vanadij

Samoan

Vanadimi

Samogitian

Vanadis

shqip

Vanad, ²Vanadiumi

српски

Ванадијум

Southern Sotho

Vanadiamo

svenska

Vanadin

Kiswahili

Vanadi

தமிழ்

வனேடியம்

Tajik

Ванадий

ไทย

วาเนเดียม

Türkçe

Vanadyum

ئۇيغۇرچە

ۋانادىي

українська

Ванадій

o‘zbek

Vanadiy

Tiếng Việt

Vanađi

Võro

Vanaadium

中文

釩

History

Discovered In

1801

Discovered By

Andres Manuel del Rio and Nils SefstrÃ¶m

Discovered At

Mexico and Sweden

Word Origin

Named after "Vanadis", the goddess of beauty in Scandinavian mythology